Articles written by: Diane Weber Bederman

The “Country Western”economy

  I grew up in the 60’s-the age of sex drugs and rock and roll. Meh. I didn’t fit in. And looking back, I realize why the music didn’t speak to me. It was the era that ushered in feminism - the demeaning of motherhood, the emasculation of men, the destruction of...

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It’s Words:Devarim:Not Word Salad

I live in the country. I was walking with my dog, Beau, who is almost 14, so it is a slow meandering walk, minding my own business, when out of nowhere; a word came into my head: DEVARIM. Devarim? That’s Hebrew for Deuteronomy, the last book of the Hebrew Bible. It...

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JD?  What’s it all about…family first!

  JD?  What’s it all about…family first! “My most important American dream was becoming a good husband and a good dad.I wanted to give my kids the things that I didn’t have when I was growing up.” Oh… that’s WEIRD Rather than “build back better,” we must “build...

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Oh #CANADUH The Corruption!

  Oh #CANADUH Most of us are aware of the corruption in government, from the top down, but how many are aware of the corruption from the bottom up? We, the tax-paying citizens, are being squeezed – or is it screwed - in the middle. First, I am sharing my...

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Elie Weisel

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel: “Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes, we must interfere.”

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Ben Franklin

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”

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